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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






2. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






3. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






4. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






5. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






6. Technique of shading using dots to control value






7. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






8. Where the revolving door was fully developed






9. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






10. Renowned for paintings and prints






11. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






12. The amount of light reflected by a hue






13. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






14. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






15. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






16. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






17. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






18. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






19. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






20. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






21. Creates blue dye






22. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






23. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






24. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






25. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






26. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






27. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






28. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






29. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






30. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






31. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






32. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






33. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






34. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






35. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






36. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






37. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






38. Something that supports a sculpture






39. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






40. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






41. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






42. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






43. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






44. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






45. Known for his glass sculpture






46. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






47. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






48. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






49. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






50. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed